Paddy Higson
Paddy Higson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Patricia Anne Frew 2 Juin 1941 Bilfawst, Northren Ireland |
| Dee'd | (aged 83) |
| Thrift | Film producer |
| Notable wirk(s) | Gregory's Girl |
Patricia Anne "Paddy" Higson (née Frew; 2 Juin 1941 – 13 Aprile 2025) wis a Scots producer o film an telly. She is kent fur wirkin wi Bill Forsyth, merkitly the films That Sinking Feeling an Gregory's Girl.
Honours an awairds
[eedit | edit soorce]In Julie 2007, Higson gat an honorar degree frae the Ryal Scots Academy o Muisic an Drama (RSAMD).[1] She forby gat a Scots BAFTA fur her byordnar inpit tae the Scots film industrie in 2018.[2] She wis presentit wi that awaird bi David Hayman wha descreivet her as the "mither o the Scots film industrie".[3] She refuised the bode o Officer o the Order o the Breetish Empire (OBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours fur sairvices tae the Film an Telly Industrie an tae Diversity an Inclusion in Film an Telly.[4][5]
References
[eedit | edit soorce]- ↑ "Princess picks up uni honour". glasgowtimes.co.uk. 4 Julie 2007. Retrieved 15 Apryle 2025.
- ↑ "Alan Cumming to receive Outstanding Contribution Bafta". STV News. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 15 Apryle 2025.
- ↑ "Paddy Higson on her trailblazing career in the Scottish screen industry". gmacfilm.com. October 2022. Retrieved 16 Apryle 2025.
- ↑ "In full: All the Scots honoured in New Year Honours List". 30 December 2022. Retrieved 15 Apryle 2025.
- ↑ Cooper, Neil (19 Apryle 2025). "Producer known as 'mother of Scottish film industry' dies". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 19 Apryle 2025.